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The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns — - CMA says revised offer opens the door to deal approval — Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set …
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Forums: r/XboxSeriesX, r/GeForceNOW, r/PS5, r/Games, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads — - Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities, for a total of 16 zero-days fixed in 2023 — Apple released emergency security updates to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK says it's moving forward with the US data bridge deal, which would let UK citizens' data be exported to the US under protections in line with the UK GDPR — The UK government has officially confirmed it will piggyback on a transatlantic data transfer deal between the European Union …
More: GOV.UK, The Register, TechRadar, and ComputerWeekly.com
| Counterpoint Research: |
The number of smartphone brands fell from 720+ in 2017 to almost 250 in 2023, as local brands lose market share due to a maturing userbase, 5G shift, and more — - The number of active brands is down to almost 250 in 2023 so far from over 700 in 2017. — The decline in the number …
More: TechSpot and Android Authority
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
X plans to deprecate Circles on October 31, 2023; users will not be able to create new posts nor add people to their Circle, but will be able to remove people — X is planning to shut down Circles, a feature that lets you share posts with a limited group of people instead of all of your followers.
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many computing design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59 — Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft adds AI-powered features to its SwiftKey keyboard app for iOS and Android, including Snapchat camera lenses, stickers, an AI-powered editor, and more — Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it's bringing new AI-powered features …
More: Bing Blogs and BigTechWire
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US issues final rules to stop Chips Act subsidies from going to countries of concern, like China, such as limiting foreign chip fab expansions for 10 years — The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday is issuing final rules to prevent semiconductor manufacturing subsidies from being used … | Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Tether spent ~$420M on 10K Nvidia H100 GPUs and a 20% stake in Frankfurt-based bitcoin miner Northern Data, which plans to rent the chips to AI startups — A $40,000 computer chip has become one of the hottest commodities in the tech industry. Startups are scrambling to buy up Nvidia's H100 … | Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022 — - Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU's case — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based Diligent Robotics, which makes “socially intelligent” hospital service robots, raised $25M and plans to have 100+ robots in 22 US hospitals by 2024 — The pandemic had a profound impact on countless careers, but few jobs were hit quite like nursing.
More: The Robot Report, Tech Funding News, and RoboticsTomorrow.com News
LinkedIn: Andrea L. Thomaz and Rachel Beecham
| New York Times: |
A look at Sullivan & Cromwell's tangled FTX relationship, as SBF argues that the law firm set him up; the firm has made $100M+ in fees from FTX's bankruptcy — Mr. Bankman-Fried and his allies have blasted Sullivan & Cromwell, the New York law firm managing FTX's bankruptcy, for its tangled relationship with the crypto exchange.
More: CoinDesk, NewsBTC, CCN.com, Cryptonews, and Coinpedia Fintech News
| Bryant Francis / Game Developer: |
Unity apologizes and makes some changes to its Runtime Fee, which will no longer apply to games using current or prior Unity versions or built on Unity Personal — Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces the Surface Hub 3, offering 50" or 85" 4K PixelSense displays with anti-glare, smart rotation, and portrait mode, available later in 2023 — Microsoft has revealed the Surface Hub 3, the latest version of the company's all-in-one collaborative touchscreen device.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, Windows Central, WinBuzzer, and TechRadar
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
More: Microsoft Devices Blog, HotHardware, Microsoft Surface on YouTube, Ars Technica, Ghacks, WinBuzzer, Engadget, The Verge, MobileSyrup, and The Indian Express
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Forums: r/gadgets, r/Surface, r/hardware, r/Surface, and Slashdot
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
More: Microsoft Surface on YouTube, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, Mashable, The Verge, Engadget, The Verge, Engadget, and The Verge
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| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a unified Copilot built into Windows 11, launching on September 26 across all its apps and services, including Microsoft 365, Edge, and Bing — Microsoft today announced a new, unified Copilot experience launching on September 26th. The new “AI companion,” …
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LinkedIn: Kevin Peesker and Satya Nadella
Forums: r/windows, r/Windows11, r/ChatGPTPro, r/technology, and r/Windows11
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Windows Blog, Source, Windows on YouTube, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Big Technology, TechSpot, Neowin, ExtremeTech, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, Computerworld, Dexerto, XDA Developers, Pureinfotech, Pocket-lint, Windows Central, Thurrott, Stevivor, PYMNTS.com, BetaNews, Windows Latest, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, VentureBeat, and PCWorld
Threads: @tomwarrenuk. X: @windows, @windows, @davidspringate, @maryjofoley, @reedalbergotti, and @patrickmoorhead
Forums: r/microsoft and Slashdot
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